Precise Carries High Praise Into Juvenile Fillies Turf
A year after Lake Victoria exceeded expectations in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore aim to do it again with Precise.
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A year after Lake Victoria exceeded expectations in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), Aidan O'Brien and Coolmore aim to do it again with Precise.
The $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) usually features an East vs. West showdown. Yet the Oct. 31 edition of the champion-making race at Del Mar offers a matchup with more pizzazz than normal.
European-trained runners have won 12 of 18 runnings of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T). They're favored to win another: the Oct. 31 race with the Aidan O'Brien-trained Gstaad.
Although East Coast-based horses have captured the last three runnings of the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (G1), it's safe to say there is a strong chance a California-trained contender could take this year's $1 million prize.
Straight No Chaser, who won the 2024 Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1), could become the fourth horse to win back-to-back editions of the race when he starts in the Nov. 1 edition at Del Mar.
After beating the boys in the Jaipur Stakes (G1T) earlier this year, Ag Bullet aims to become the sixth filly or mare to win the $1 million Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1T) at Del Mar Nov. 1.
Seismic Beauty will aim to use a well-timed arrival at the top level when she faces an expected 13 rivals in the $2 million Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.
There's an overpowering foreign flavor providing the spice in a field of 14 entered in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.
The Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar looms not only as a $7 million shoot-out at 1 1/4 miles but also a battleground on which Horse of the Year and other year-end titles may pivot.
Johannes will look to improve off last year's finish and take home the top prize against an international cast in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar.